The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-21
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As we sailed down from Syracuse |
fell asleep, but the old gentleman sit
ting beside me grew So restless and
tidgety that he reused me. In the seat
in front of us lady and a gentleman
were carrying on one of those intellect
ual conversations that are evidently in
tended for the whole car, and tend to
make travel such rare pleasure to d
man who has just escaped from the
asylum. | lost the opening chapters
of the dialogue but it was evident that
the lady wanted to buy ''daw%," and
the gentleman knew all about -'daW9s."
She wanted a setter.
Red. or liver-colorcd? he asked.
oh" she didn't care; just SO it was
a handsome setter. Il do so love a
beautiful setter. And l nerer had one,
and just long for one"
We'll" he said, they are beautiful
dogs. | couldn't live without dogs.
There is something so loving about a
dog"
$50 human" she said, $50 more
than human. There is nothing in all
this world so devoted as dogs aff'ec-
ton"
That's So A dogs love is perfect
" unseltish. If you feed him he loves
you; if you beat him, he still loves
YOU"
'.Oh!" she cried, show can anyone
beat dog! hate a man who can be
cruel to a dog"
80 do |. I'd shoot a man in min
ute if saw him kick one of my dogs.
l have seven dogs
'.Oh! how happy you must be"
s.Yes, and there isn't Il room in my
house too good for those dogs, and they
know it, too. You know my big black
Newfoundland, St. Augustine LIE Clair?
| paid 800 for him. Well, he sleeps
| in my room, and often he climbs right
up on the bed, and sleeps there"
, .sOh! isn't that too cunning for any.
thing?'
"Yes, my dogs live all over the
house. Then my wife has three dog,
! of her own, that makes ten altogether.
! 1t seems like Il good many
''But yet You couldn't spare one?'
s.Oh, no. The house would seen
lonely without them. They always wei
come me when | come home: thcy'r
always glad to see me. Last spring
when my Siberian bloodhound, Charlie
magne, died thought my wife woulC
go wild. She cried herself into hyster
ia, and went to bed; gave up society
put on mourning, and locked the piano
couldn't eat anything myself 70
DAYS. / felt as though | had lost
| son"
/ /, h.,1 = Ri.-
Kennellthorpe? F.
20 yes. l nave three, two boys ant
a girl-no, two girls-no, no; what an
l thinking of? They're all girls"
Here the old gentleman collarea M
and dragged me furiously into til
smoking-car, where he backed me u
against the wood-box and held III
fercely by the collar.
That's the cause of hydrophobia,
he howled That's the kind of stu
that makes a mau mad! The bite of
mad dog is healing balm after such 70
as that! One hundred dollars for
dog Buy all the ours that ever yelped
can buy one hundred dogs for 81, an
then I'd only keep one and Id kill hin
Am / right?"
l feebly said: ''Amen.'
You are saved, iie said, relaNin
his hold; "and now lets sit down an
smoke one of the tain-boy'.s non-con
bustible cigars, for must nerve myse
to deed of awful Justice.
s.What is it you'll do?"
) Il am going to Kill that man whe
he gets of the train, and at the sam
time you will Kill that woman, CT
, shall kill you"
But when we got to Utica they rusl
ed the old gentleman of and tn"k hin
to the asylum. And / was the onl
man on the train who knew what droy
him mad Brooklyn Eagle.